Boy, 17, charged with Kenton synagogue arson

Sir Olly Robbins has defended his actions amid a row over the vetting of the former US ambassador.

Braylon Snow, who just turned 5, was one of seven siblings who were fatally shot Sunday by their father in an attack that also killed their cousin.

The ex-civil servant behind the decision to approve Peter Mandelson 's appointment as British ambassador to Washington says he felt political pressure from Prime Minister Keir Starmer's office to rush through the appointment despite security concerns.

For decades, economists gave short shrift to the idea of monopsony — a power employers can have to suppress wages. Now a wave of research suggests it's everywhere, and a new book argues it's key to understanding today's inequality.